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  • Nua Nan Bank JCB LOVE TSCC Debit Card to be launched in Taiwan in August

    The Japan Credit Bureau (JCB), in collaboration with Hua Nan Bank, has announced that it will launch the Nua Nan Bank JCB LOVE TSCC Debit Card in Taiwan in August. It is the first debit card that has an option to be equipped with TSCC, a contactless payment service which can be used as a fare card on trains and buses. The debit card will also be accepted at some shops and restaurants. In ...

  • Manny Ramirez parts ways with Taiwan club

    Manny Ramirez 's time in Taiwan appears to be up. Ramirez's team in Taiwan, the EDA Rhinos, released a statement Tuesday saying the veteran slugger will leave the team. Ramirez is expected to leave Taiwan on Thursday. "We regret [Ramirez's] decision to leave Taiwan, but we would also like to wish him all the best for what he has brought to us and to the prosperity for ...

  • Manny Ramirez king of Taiwanese baseball is leaving Taiwanese baseball

    This handout photo taken in the stadium of Taiwan's southern Kaohsiung city on May 26, 2013 and released by Taiwan's EDA Rhinos shows former Boston Red Sox slugger Manny Ramirez (L) posing for photos during his birthday party with teammates sporting dreadlocks, the signature hair style of Ramirez. US baseball legend Manny Ramirez quit Taiwan's EDA Rhinos on June 19, breaking local ...

  • Manny Ramirez done playing in Taiwan may sign in Japan

    Manny Ramirez's playing career in Taiwan is nearing an end. The former MLB slugger informed his team, the EDA Rhinos, that he plans to leave the club this Friday, June 21, report Lin Hung-han and Jamie Wang ...

  • Philippine official coast guard shooters should face justice

    Manila, June 19 (CNA) The Philippine official in charge of Taiwan affairs expressed on Wednesday his support for the idea to file criminal charges against the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) personnel who fired at an unarmed Taiwanese fishing boat in May, killing one fisherman on board. Manila Economic and Cultural Office Chairman Amadeo Perez warned in an interview with the ANC news channel that ...

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Monkeybone [DVD]

Monkeybone [DVD]

In Monkeybone, Brendan Fraser plays Stu Miley, the mild-mannered creator of a cartoon nightmare knows as Monkeybone. Taking the form of a small, grinning simian with lanky arms and legs and a mouthful of shiny square teeth, the titular creation is a small dollop of pure id mixed in with everyone's worst dreams. He was originally invented as Stu's creative outlet to escape from a cycle ... ...

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  • Next TV news to be aired soon on channel 45 in Taiwan

    Taipei, June 19 (CNA) Next TV general manager Chen Shou-kuo said on Wednesday that the public will be able to view Next TV news on channel 45 from next week onward, after Taiwan's top media regulator approved a number of applications from cable TV providers to change their channel lineup the same day. Chen said on his Facebook page that a formal statement from the National Communications ...

  • Talk of the Day -- HTC launches top-tier model to challenge Samsung

    HTC Butterfly S -- in Taiwan Wednesday as part of its efforts to challenge South Korean titan Samsung Electronic Co.'s dominance in the Android camp. The new smartphone combines the merits of the company's two best-selling models -- the large-screen design of ...

  • Report Ramirez no longer with team in Taiwan

    Manny Ramirez is off the roster of the EDA Rhinos in Taiwan and will leave the country on Friday, according to a Manny Does Taiwan blog report. The 41-year-old Ramirez played 49 games for the Rhinos in the Chinese Professional Baseball League and hit .352 with eight home runs in 206 plate appearances. Ramirez's contract reportedly has an opt-out clause that allows him to pursue other ...

  • Taiwans space programme offers tsunami satellite images to aid relief

    Taiwan's national space programme offered Wednesday its satellite images of the damage caused by powerful tsunamis that ravaged Asia at the weekend to affected countries and aid groups for free.The National Space Programme Office (NSPO) normally charges 3,000 euros (4,080 dollars) for each photograph covering an area of 600 square kilometres (240 square miles), the office said.The images ...

  • Speeding blamed for bus crash involving Chinese tourists

    Taipei, June 19 (CNA) Transport officials said on Wednesday that driving at high speeds might have led to the traffic accident on the scenic Alishan Highway in central Taiwan, which left one dead. A tour bus carrying 16 Chinese nationals from Hangzhou slid down a hillside earlier that day, killing a Taiwanese tour guide and causing minor injuries to seven tourists. Initial investigations found ...

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